Civil Litigation

What is a business visitor?

You’re a business visitor if you:

• come to take part in international business activities without being part of the Canadian labour market
• are visiting Canada temporarily to look for ways to grow your business invest advance your business relationships
• Business visitors usually stay in Canada for a few days or a few weeks, but are able to stay for up to 6 months.

How to show you’re a business visitor

To qualify as a business visitor to Canada, you must show that:

• you plan to stay for less than 6 months
• you don’t plan to enter the Canadian labour market
• your main place of business and source of income and profits is outside Canada
• you have documents that support your application
• you meet canada’s basic entry requirements, because you have a valid travel document, such as a passport have enough money for your stay and to return home plan to leave canada.